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To: Paul Engel who wrote (51929)	4/2/1998 1:17:00 PM
From: AK2004	Respond to of 186894

Paul re: April Fool's Day was yesterday. and yet you are still posting. Sorry, Paul, just could not resist

To: Paul Engel who wrote (51929)	4/2/1998 1:37:00 PM
From: Burt Masnick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

I suspect the numbers are, in some twisted way, related to this "Motley Fool" article. Microprocessor maker Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD - news) rose another $2 1/2 to $29 1/16 today after advancing 7.5% yesterday on an upgrade from Volpe, Brown Whelan. Today, Prudential Securities and BancAmerica Robertson Stephens upgraded their ratings to "buy." AMD's main problem over the last year has not been demand related -- almost all PC makers want alternatives to Intel -- but yield related. The analysts at BancAmerica and Volpe Brown suggestedthe yields on the company's K6 chip are improving, possibly moving up to the 60% to 80% range this quarter from around20% last quarter (which means that fixed costs can be leveraged over more revenue from more chips). Speed geek reports like a recent PC World article indicating that AMD's K6 chip is faster than Intel Corp.'s (Nasdaq:INTC - news) soon-to-be released Celeron processor for the sub-$1,000 PC market probably won't make much difference until more processing power is needed in software applications. Until then, Intel can compete pretty effectively in the price arena, thus thwarting AMD's attempts to grab market share.